Loneliness, Isolation Affect One Third of US Adults Over 50
TOPLINE:About one third of US adults aged 50-80 years report feeling lonely and socially isolated, a new study of data ...
Lupus Ups Atherosclerosis Risk, But Disease Remission Helps
TOPLINE:Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) face more than double the risk for atherosclerotic plaque progression than healthy control individuals ...
Royal Liverpool Hospital A&E patients waiting up to 50 hours
Patients at Royal Liverpool University Hospital's accident and emergency unit are facing waits of up to 50 hours.Liverpool University Hospitals ...
Donepezil Shows Promise in TBI Recovery
TOPLINE:Donepezil was associated with improved verbal memory and enhanced recall and processing speed compared to placebo in patients with severe ...
Study Reveals New Insights in Pneumonia Care for Seniors
TOPLINE:Hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis exhibit impaired neutrophil function; however, glycolytic metabolism is not the driver ...
Bird Flu Risk Remains Low After First US Death, WHO Says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson ...
RSV Vaccines and Treatments Face Global Access Hurdles
Almost 70 years after the discovery of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), vaccines and preventive treatments are giving babies a ...
As Biden Nears Exit, US Bans Medical Debt From Credit Reports
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden's outgoing administration announced on Tuesday a ban on medical debt in American consumers' credit reports, ...
Cardiac Risks With Newer Psoriasis Meds Match TNF Inhibitors
TOPLINE:The newer biologics — interleukin (IL)-17, IL-12/23, and IL-23 inhibitors — demonstrate comparable cardiovascular safety profiles to tumor necrosis factor ...
How Should You Treat Muscle Mass Loss in GLP-1 Patients?
With glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists now close to inducing weight loss at levels only seen before through surgical intervention, ...
The Key to Meet BMI Cutoff for Orthopedic Surgery?
The woman, in severe pain from hip and knee osteoarthritis, was confined to a wheelchair and had been told that ...
US Surgeon General Issues Warning On Alcohol Use and Cancer Risk
Share on PinterestA new Surgeon General advisory urges cancer warnings on the labels of alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine. ...
Student-Run Clinics Seen Expanding With Promise and Pitfalls
As the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 disrupted patients’ access to medical care, students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, ...
Cost Barriers Influence Adherence to Asthma Care
TOPLINE:Nearly one in six adults with asthma in the United States is nonadherent to medications due to costs, with younger ...
Kidney Transplant Program Drops Patient Notification Rule
In November 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule establishing a 6-year mandatory payment ...
What to know about China’s human metapneumovirus cases
Getty ImagesBeijing has experienced a surge in flu-like HMPV cases, especially among children, which it attributed to a seasonal spikeIn ...
Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs
When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: Coverage for prosthetic limbs.Adams, ...
First Human Bird Flu Death Confirmed in United States
The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a ...
Ready for Residency, but Not Career
By the end of graduation, how prepared should a medical student feel for their career or residency? That’s one of ...
Cases double in NHS trust death and injury investigation
Mark Norman / BBCA police investigation into allegations of preventable deaths and injuries at an NHS trust has doubled the ...
